Senior PHP Developer / Technical Lead

LYUDVIG HAKOBYAN SENIOR PHP DEVELOPER / TECHNICAL LEAD

LYUDVIG

HAKOBYAN

Senior PHP Developer Technical Lead

Yerevan, Armenia • +374-**-**-**-** • +374-**-**-**-** *******.************@*****.***

linkedin.com/in/lyudvig-hakobyan • t.me/lyudvighakobyan Senior PHP Developer / Technical Lead with 9+ years of commercial experience building backend-heavy, distributed web platforms. Since 2022 at BetProduction, combining hands-on engineering with architecture, technical ownership and team leadership. Experienced in taking core systems from concept to production, including analytics infrastructure, bonus and payment services, casino functionality and secure player-facing systems. CORE SKILLS

Programming: PHP, Go, JavaScript, SQL

Backend: Yii2, REST APIs, PHPUnit

Databases: MySQL 8, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis,

ClickHouse, Elasticsearch

Architecture: System design, event-driven architecture, CDC, data pipelines

Messaging: Kafka, Debezium, RabbitMQ

Cloud & Infra: AWS, Docker, Linux, Git, CI/CD; Ember.js integration

EXPERIENCE

BETPRODUCTION betproduction.com

Senior PHP Developer / Technical Lead

2022 - Present

• Lead a 4-developer team: review changes, define implementation standards and approve production-ready work.

• Own backend architecture and technical decisions, from system design and data models through implementation and production delivery.

• Designed and delivered an analytics platform around CDC/event streaming and ClickHouse, separating transactional workloads from scalable analytical processing.

• Delivered core platform domains from inception, including bonus services, payment integrations, casino functionality and secure player account flows.

• Drive performance and reliability across PHP/Yii2, MySQL, Redis, AWS and Docker; work with Kafka, Debezium, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch and CI/CD.

MAKE IT makeit.am

Full Stack Developer

2019 - 2022

• Developed and maintained business-automation web applications using PHP, Yii2, PostgreSQL/MySQL and Ember.js.

• Worked with Docker, Linux, AWS (EC2, Lambda), Git and automated deployments.

• Implemented backend services, integrations, unit tests and performance-oriented improvements across the stack. SMARTPRODUCTION smartproduction.com

Backend Developer / PHP Web Developer

2017 - 2019

• Built backend functionality with PHP 7.2, Yii2, PostgreSQL and MySQL.

• Implemented automated deployment workflows and PHP unit testing.

• Worked with JavaScript/jQuery and Linux in a full web-development environment. LYUDVIG HAKOBYAN SENIOR PHP DEVELOPER / TECHNICAL LEAD SELECTED TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Technical ownership across architecture, implementation and delivery, with a focus on scalable backend systems, data-intensive workloads and production reliability. SELECTED TECHNICAL STRENGTHS

• Architecture & design: translate product requirements into robust service boundaries, data models and maintainable backend systems.

• Data & performance: design high-volume data flows, CDC pipelines and analytical workloads; optimize SQL, storage and production behavior.

• Engineering leadership: code review, technical guidance, implementation standards, architecture decisions and final approval of team changes.

• Cloud & operations: hands-on AWS, Linux, Docker and CI/CD experience with a strong reliability and DevOps-oriented mindset.

EDUCATION

YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor's Degree - Applied Mathematics and Informatics Class of 2021

NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA

Secondary Specialized - Computational Science

Class of 2014

LANGUAGES

ARMENIAN

Native

RUSSIAN

Excellent

ENGLISH

Good

ADDITIONAL

• Telegram: @lyudvighakobyan

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lyudvig-hakobyan

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